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BAHAWALPUR, Feb 23 (APP):Speakers at the seminar have urged the government and civil society to support the efforts for quitting smoking which was injurious to health.
The seminar was organized by Alternative Research Initiative Organization.
Addressing the seminar, experts- Muhammad Jaffar and Junaid Ali Khan
said that smoking at large level causes increase of carbon monoxide
in environment, effecting passive smokers.
They said that smokers did not put their own lives at risk but also put
the lives of others.
They opined that in European countries including England, Scotland and
others, civil society had been playing an important role in raising awareness
among the masses to quit smoking.
The National Health Services had also been supporting efforts to discourage
smoking in the country, they added.